Instantiate GameObject

Questions & Answers
1

Is there any difference in using tranform or GameObject instantiate? I.e. In both examples I dragged&dropped a prefab to the NPC variable in the inspector?

public GameObject NPC;
myObject  = Instantiate (NPC, ekiPos, Quaternion.identity)

public Tranform NPC;
myObject  = Instantiate (NPC, ekiPos, Quaternion.identity)
2

It's Transform, not Tranform.

No, it doesn't matter. The documentation tells you:

If a game object, component or script instance is passed, Instantiate will clone the entire game object hierarchy, with all children cloned as well. All game objects are activated.

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Instantiate can also clone script instances directly. The entire game object hierarchy will be cloned and the cloned script instance will be returned.